Printer&#39;s register-hook.



PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

J. KYLE.

PRINTERS REGISTER HOOK.

APPLICATIONFILED NOV. 22, 1902,.

N0 MODEL.

INVENTOH ATTORNEYS,-

WITNESSES NITED Safes Patented November 29, 1904.

JOHN KYLE, OF NEWARK, NEX/V JERSEY.

PRINTERS REGISTER-HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent' No. 776,248, datedNovember 29, 1904. Application filed November Z2, 1902. Serial No.132,455. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JOHN KYLE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have inventedand produced certain new and useful Improvements in PrintersRegister-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full.clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being' had to the accompanying drawings, and to numeralsof reference marked thereon, which form a part Vof this specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a register-hook in whichtheadjusting-nut is in alinement edgewise with the hook proper, to thusobtain a hook which occupies less space between the plates and enablesthem to be set closer together, to thus save labor and material, toinsure permament access to the adjusting-nut, and to secure otheradvantages and results, some of which will be hereinafter referred to inconnection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved register-hook and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all substantiall yas will be hereinafter set fo1'tb,and iinally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying' drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several figures,Figure 1 is a plan of iny'improved hook, and Fig. 2 is a verticalsection of the saine on line from front to rear. Figs. 3 and 4 areperspective views, respectively, of a sliding carriage and itsadjusting-screw. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, and Fig. 6 an endelevation, of the improved hook; and Fig. 7 is a vertical transversesection on line y, Fig. 2.

1n said drawings, 2 indicates the body portion of my improved hook,comprising a rectangular block of brass or the like adapted, as usual,to tit among the type-furniture set in the chase and upon which theplates for printing are mounted. Said block has formed in itself atroug'hlike chamber or slideway 3, closed at one end by an integral Wall4 and at the other end by a plate 5, fitted therein, as by oppositelyrecessing the edges of the plate and slideway, as shown in Fig. 2 moreespecially. A screw 6 then extends through both said end walls 4 and 5,its head being countersunk in the integral wall t and its opposite endterminating ush with the outer surface of the plate 5, which is therebyheld rigidly in place. Said screw 6 thus extends longitudinally throughthe chamber or slideway 3 of the block, being arranged more or less toone side of the center line.

Vithin the said slideway 3 of the block 2 is fitted a sliding piece 7,which occupies half, more or less, of the length of the slideway, so asto secure a large bearing-surface thereon and consequent firmness. Saidsliding piece 7 is rounded at its bottom to nicely tit the trough-shapedbottom of the slideway and preferably at each of its side edges has allange 8 (either beveled or fiat, as shown) overlapping' into a recess 9in the block 2 at the edges of the slideway. Said sliding piece 7 isapertured` as at 10, to loosely receive the screw 6, and transversely infrom the adjacent side of the piece extends a vertical slot l1, adaptedto loosely receive an adjusting-nut 12, mounted upon the screw 6 andbeing correspond# ingly threaded. Said nut as it lies upon the screw 6is tangent at its upper peripheral edge to the plane of the top of thesliding piece 7, and said periphery of the nut has radial recesses 13,access to which is provided for a suitable wrench or lever (not shown)through the open top of the slot 11.

Upon the top of the sliding piece 7 is a hook proper, 14, integral withsaid sliding piece and projecting upwardly to engage the edge of aplate, as is usual, said hook 14 being' transversely disposed upon theunslotted side or portion of the sliding piece in alinelnent with theslot l0 and nut 12 therein. Thus it will be noted that the adjusting-nutwill be always exposed in use and can never be covered by the plate,since it is in alinement with the hook proper, which must obviouslyproject at the edge of a plate. As the hook proper is moved theadjusting-nut goes with it, and their mutually relative positions neverchange. Again, by placing' the adjusting-nut l2 in edgewise alinementwith the hook 14 an IOO economy of space is secured which enables platesto be mounted closer together where a narrow margin is desired inprinting and avoids waste of paper and amultiplicity of cuts on thecutting-machine in trimming.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Aregister-hook, comprising a body portion, a stationary screw, atransverse slide upon said screw, a hook proper upon said slide, and anadjusting-nut upon said screw in edgewise alinement with said hookproper.

2. A register-hook having a body portion, a stationary screw, a hookproper at one side of said screw, a nut on said screw in transverse linewith said hook and means holding said hook proper and adjusting-nut intransverse alinement.

3. A register-hook having a body portion recessed to form a slideway,astationary screw extending longitudinally of said slideway, a hookproper at the side of said screw'and adapted to slide in said slideway,and an adjusting-uut on said screw in edgewise alinement with the hookproper and engaging the same to move it.

4. A register-hook having a body portion recessed to form a slideway, astationary screw extending longitudinally of said slideway, a transversehook properin said slideway at the side of said screw, and anadjusting-nut on said screw adapted to engage said hook proper andhaving a wrench-receiving portion in edgewise alinement therewith.

5. A register-hook having a body portion providing a slideway, a screwextending longitudinally of said slideway, a sliding piece having aroundsaid screw a recess opening through its top and at one end of saidrecess a hook proper, and an adjusting-nut arranged in said recess uponsaid screw and having a wrench-receiving periphery in alinement with thesaid hook proper and exposed by said re- JOHN KYLE.

Vitnesses:

C. B. PITNEY, RUSSELL M. EVERETT.

